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To: BenLurkin

3I_Atlas was discovered near the orbit of Jupiter. It is about 5 degrees off the plane in which Earth orbits. It is moving too fast to stay in orbit around the Sun. As can be seen in this animation it gets the closest to Mars then close to Jupiter on its way out of the Solar System.

38 posted on 08/27/2025 11:20:46 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: Nateman

As can be seen in the animation as the comet approaches Mars it is lost to Earth views because the Sun gets in the way. Mars , however, has a half meter telescope in orbit which can view the comet as it gets close.


39 posted on 08/27/2025 11:26:54 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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When 3I passes the Sun, the Earth will be on the opposite side. The graphic is wrong.


54 posted on 08/28/2025 10:33:18 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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